Radio Host Sues Bell Media for Firing Him for ‘Not Being Woke Enough’

Former Bell Media radio host Jamil Jivani is taking the company to court, saying that he was fired for not subscribing to certain political or social views on racial identity and that he was not “woke” enough.
“Many of you have heard about what transpired when Bell Media fired me in January. Well, now it’s time for them to answer for their racism,” Jivani said in a statement released on his Substack on Sept. 2.

The 34-year-old Oshawa, Ontario, lawyer and author first joined Bell Media as an independent contractor in July 2020 to host a show that focused on issues surrounding the Black Lives Matter social movement, said a statement of claim filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. In September that year, Jivani signed a contract to do a nightly show on Bell’s iHeartRadio, saying that he was “excited” to bring on a variety of guests from the Black community representing a diversity of views….